Mechanical movement.



No. 897,651. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.

I J. T. H. PAUL.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

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UNITED STATES Pa rnirr ormon.

JOHN T. H. PAUL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO E. GOLDMAN & CO. INC.,

A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed January 2, 19061 Serial No. 294,104.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOHN T. H. PAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Imrovement in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to means for producing, from continuous rotary mot1o n, an intermittent rotary motion; and my primary object is to provide mechanism of simple, compact and durable construction for converting continuous rotary motion into intermittent rotary motion. The improved mechanism is adapted to various urposes,

among which may be mentioned-t 1e peration of bottle-washing and sterilizing machines, in which an intermittent motion of the bottle carrier or belt is required.

lhe Invention is shown in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1 represents an elevational view of my im roved mechanism and a fragmentary new 0 a frame upon which it is mounted; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view of the same taken as'indic ted at line 2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, an end elevat onal view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a broken section takenas indicated at line 4 of Fig. 2' and showing a detail of a brake employed; Fig. 5, a section taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6, a section-taken as indicated at line 6-of Fi 2; Fig. 7, a section taken as indicated at li taken as indicated at line'8 of Fig. 2; Fig. 9, a section taken a's-indicated at line 9 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 10, a broken section taken as indicated at line 10 of Figs. 1 and 3; Fig. 11, a perspective view of a clutch-member retractor employed; and Fig. 12, an elevational view of the clutchmember withthe retractor shown sectionally in engagement therewith.

In the construction shown, A represents-a portion of a frame provided with a haftbearing A and equipped with a bracket-arm A A an annular casing rigidly connected by means of bolts 0 with the bracket-arm A and equipped at its lower portion with an extension 09 for receiving an automatically acting clutch member retractor equipped at its front side with an extension (1. for receiving a manually-operated clutch-member retractor and equipped at its upper portion with arearwardly or inwardly extending bearing ne 7 of Fig. 2; Fig. 8, a section.

a for receiving an intermittently actuated shaft; A, a casing-plate rigidly connected by means of bolts a with the outer end of the casing A said plate being provided centrally with a hub a affording a bearing in alinement with the bearing A; B, a driven shaft, which may constitute as well a driving shaft of any machine to which the improved mechanism may be applied; C, a sleeve journaled on the shaft B and equipped with an actuating pulley O rigidly secured on the sleeve, said sleeve being provided near the outer face of the pulley with a disk or wheel O equipped with a clutch-member c and with a wheel-actuating stud 0 D, a shaft journaled in the bearing a and equipped with a wheel D having teeth projecting into the path of the stud c, said shaft being further equipped with a pinion D and in front of said. pinion with an extension DEE, a brake, or friction device, acting on the extension D of the shaft DyF, a gear meshing with the pinion D and journaled on an inward extension a of the stationary hub, or bearing, (i said gear being equipped on its inner side with a cam f serving to retract the automatically actuated clutch-member retractor; Or, a wheel, or disk, rigidly secured on the shaft B, as by means of a key 9 and a set screw 9 G, a clutch member longitudinally movable in a transverse hearing with which the disk G is provided, the member G having a key force the clutch-'memberG-intooperativeengagement with theclutch-member c of the member 0 H, an automatically operated clutch-member retractor; and I, a manuallyoperated clutch-member retractor.

The frame construction may be of any suitable form. 'It is convenient to support the casing A at a distance from the plane of the bearing A, secure the casing-plate A thereto, and mount the operative mechanism'between the shaft bearings thus afforded. The arrangement outer end of the sk'G pro'ects somewhat into the inner end of the casing A I have shown oil cups 0, a connected with the bearings a, a and have provided a collar a a In the arrangement shown, it is expected that the intermittent motion which the shaft B receives will be utilized by making connection between that portion of the referably is such that the on the end of the shaft B outside the bearing shaft which is shown broken in Fig. 1 and the operative portion of any machine to which my improved mechanism may be applied.

' The shaft B may, of course, be extended at .3. either end to enable the power to be taken therefrom.

In thesection shown in Fig. 7 the pulley is not shown in connection with the sleeve C,v

. and this view, taken in connection with Fig.

' diskqc and the pulley C spring a. The function of the prevent the shaftD from moving under its cam *2, serves to show clearly the relation of the stud with the wheel D ,which' it actuates. The disk 0 which is formed integrally with the sleeve C, has its clutch-member cformed of hardened steel inserted in a socket provided on the rear face of the disk,'as 'shown in Fig. 9. A perforation c appearing in Figs. 2 and 7, enables a tool to be nserted for use in removing the member 0.

with a beveled recess 0 in which the-end of the clutch-member G moves, when the re tractor of said member is'withdrawn, allowing the spring G to force the member G into engagement with the member 0.

As appears from Fig. 2, the shaft D and the pinion 2 are inintegral formation, and the wheel D is located between the planes of the tance only in securing a compact arrange.- ment of the mechanism.

' The brake E comprises a casing e'applied to the upper portion of the face-plate A, and containing a friction device e engaging the projection D of'the shaft D. The details of construction of the friction device areunimportant, but'it may be mentioned that I preferably employ a member 6 embracing the shaftand rovided with friction material e engaging t e shaft, and a followere provided with friction material a and equi ped with a own inertia, thereby insuring the same amount of movement of the shaft'each' time the wheel D is actuated by the stud c.

The construction of the wheel F and the carried thereby will be understood from igs. 2 and 5. The cam has an exterior surface f struck on the arc of acircle concentric with the shaft Byand atone end the surface f is 'oined by a, surface f of varying m dius, which serves to depress the clutch- '1 7 member retractor H. j The cam is cut away between the points f, f, so that when the tion which it occupies in withdrawing the space between the ends of the cam is encountered, the retractor H can return to the posiprovided with a slot g so located that it will e engaged by the member H when the latter As shown in- Fig. 9, the rear face of the diskC is provided This is of impor-v 4 obvious that by means of this device, the

is free from the cam f, that is in the non-retracted position of the member 'H.

The retraotor H comprises a plunger having a head It at its inner end and an outwardly projecting stem h encircled by a spring 71, contained within the housing a 1 The outer end .of the. stem k is equipped with'nutsh limiting the inward movement of the member. 'As shown, the housing, or extension, 11 is equipped with a removable cap h through which the stem h extends. Thehead hof the member H comprises a segment equipped at its ends with beveledsur- Adjacent to the H wil be depressed, or retracted, at each revolution of the wheel F, and held retracted during a predetermined portion of the revolution of the wheel. Obviously, the period of retraction may be varied by varying the cam f. v

The operationof the retractor H is wholly automatic. However, there may 'be times when it is desired to stop the operation of the machine very quickly, and provisionis made for this in the manually-actuated clutch-retractor I. This device comprises a normally retracted member tmounted in the casingextension (1. and e ui 'ped with a segmental head 71 having beve e surfaces i at its ends, one of which (according to direction of rotation of the member G) will serve, when the member i is forced inwardly, to engage the I slot of the clutch-member G and retract the clutch-member. The member 1' is actuatedin a slot i with which the member '5 is provided, as shown in Fig. 6. The outer end of the shaft 1', is equipped with a lever'i". It is clutch-member G may be retracted at the will of the operator, and maintained in its retracted position as lon asdesired.

The operation may e briefly summarized: Power is applied to the pulley C and the disk 0 thereby caused to revolve continuously. At each revolution of the disk, the stud c encounters the star-wheel D thereby turning the shaft D a portion of a revolution. From the shaft D motion is transmitted to the gear F, thereby actuating the cam When the cam f encounters the cam h carried by the member H, the member H is depressed, thereby releasing the clutch-memr G and enabling the spring thereof to force the clutch-member into enga ement with the clutch-member 0 carried by t e disk OK Thus, the disk'G will be coupled-directly to the disk C and will rotate with the pulley. The disk G will continue to rotate a it into the path of the slot g of the clutch.-

member G which will result in the retraction of said clutch-member, and the disconnection of the disk C As the disk C continues to rotate with the pulley, the intermittent actuation of the gear F will continue until the cam f again encounters the cam h of the member H, causing the same to be depressed and the clutch-member G to be again released to enable it to effect a coupling between the disk G and the disk C Thus it will be observed that the clutch member G will be automatically caused to engage the companion clutch-member of the disk C from time to time and release the same, so long as the rotation of the pulley C continues, it being assumed, of course, that the manually-operated clutchmember retractor I is held in the retracted position shown in Fig. 6. When it is desired to, retain the clutch-member G in its retracted'position, the lever 11 may be actuated to thrust the clutch-member retractor i inwardly, which will result in the retraction of said clutchmember and the permanent retention therev of in the retracted position.

The construction herein shown and described is of an exceedingly com act and durable nature, and is given as t e preferred construction; also, the detailed description herein given is for 'clearness of understanding only'.- The shaft D need'not necessarily have an intermittent motion.

It is obvious that the mechanism may be caused to operate in either direction of rotation of the pulley by making suitable plrovi sion at the clutch-member with whic the disk C is equipped and changin the cam For this purpose, interchangeab e disks and v cams may be provided for use in'thesame the combination of a rotary member,-a mem-.

mechanism, if desired. I

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In mechanism of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary member, a member in axial alinement therewith andadapted to be connected to rotate therewith, a rotary cam in axial alinement with said first and second-named members, a', clutch-member carried by the second-named member and controlled by said cam, a clutch-member carried I by the first-named member and ada ted .to

be engaged by the first-named olutc -member, and actuating means for said cam actuated from said first-named member, for the purpose set forth.

2. In mechanism of the character set forth,

ber in axial alinement therewith and adapted to be connected to rotatetherewith, a clutch-member carried by said second-named member, a spring tending to project said clutch-member, a rotary cam in axial alinement with said first and second-named members and controlling said clutch member, and

intermittent actuating means for said cam actuatedby said first-named member, for the purpose set forth.

3. In mechanism of the character described, the combination of a shaft, a rotary member j'ournaled thereon, a member secured on the shaft and adaptedto be connected to rotate with said rotary member, a s ring-projected clutch-member carried. by t e second-named member journaled on said shaft, a rotary cam in coaxial alinement with said shaft, and means for movingsaid cam, said means being actuated by said rotary member, for the purpose set forth.

4. In mechanism of the character set forth, the combination of a shaft, a rota member journaled thereon, a member firm y secured on the shaft and adapted for connection with said rotary member, a clutch-member-carried by said firmly secured member, a rotary cam coaxial with said shaft, a second shaft geared to said cam and equipped with a wheel located adjacent to said rotary member, and means connected with the rotary member for actuating said wheel for the purpose set forth.

5. In mechanism. of the character described, the combination'of a shaft, a sleeve journaled thereon and equipped with a firmly secured ulley and a disk adjacent to said pulley, a c utch-member carried by said disk, a disk secured. to the shaft adjacent to said first-named-disk, a-cam journaled concentric with said shaft ad'acent to said second-named disk, a clutc -member carried by the second-named disk and controlled by a said cam, a shaft parallel with said firstnamed shaft and geared to said cam, a wheel connected with said second-namedshaft, and a 'stud moving with said. pulley and'firstnamed disk and serving to actuate said wheel,

for the purpose set forth.

6. In mechanism of the character set forth,

the combination of a shaft, bearin s for said shaft, a sleeve journaled on said s aft ad'acent toone bearing and provided with a edly secured ulley andadjacent to the ul-v ley with a disk, disk secured on said shaft adjacent to said first-named disk, a. clutch-member carried by the second-named disk, a rotary cam journaled adjacent to the other shaft bearing and controllin said clutch member, a second shaft ara lel with the first-named shaft and geare to said cam, and a wheel secured on said second-named shaft between said pulley and said first-named disk, for the purpose set forth.

7. In mechanism 'of the character set a stud carried bysaid dis a named disk and equipped with a movable clutch-member, a cam journaled on an inward extenslon of said second-named bearing and controlling said clutch-member, a second shaft geared to said cam and eqluipped with a wheel located between the anesof the pulley arid the first-named dis and a stud carried by the first-named disk serving to actuate said wheel, for the urpose set forth.

8. In mechanism of tffe character set forth, the combination of a rotary member, a member adapted to be connected to rotate therewith, a clutch-member carried by the second-named member, a clutch-member retractor automatically controlled from the first-named member, and a manually-controlled clutch-member retractor, for the purpose set forth.

9. In mechanism of the character set forth, the combination of a shaft, a rotary member ournaled thereon, a member fixedly secured to the shaft and e uip ed with a clutch-member, a reciprocab e c utch-member retractor, a cam controlling said retractor and actuatedfrom said rotary member, and a normally retracted manually-operated clutch-member retractor, for the purpose set forth.

"10. In' mechanism' of the character set v 'forth,vthe combination of a shaft, a sleeve journaled thereon equip ed with a pulley and a disk, a disk secure on the shaft adjacent to said first-named disk, a clutch-member carried by said secondnamed disk and movable lon itudinally of said shaft, a re tractor mova le at right angles to said clutchmember, means actuated fromithe pulley and controlling said retractor, and a second retractor at right. angles to said clutch-mem- I 12. In mechanism of the character described, the combination of a frame equip ed with a shaft-bearing, a bracket supporte on said frame, a casing and shaft-bearing carried by said bracket, a shaft ournaled in said bearings, a rotary member journaled on said I shaft adjacent to said first-named bearing, a member fixedly secured on said shaft adjacent to said rotary member and extending into said casing, ashaft-bearin carried by said casing, a second shaft para lel with the first shaft, a rotary cam concentric with the first-named shaft and geared to the secondnamed shaft, a clutch-member carried by the member fixedly secured on said shaft and controlled by said cam, and means connected with said rotary member and said secondnamed shaft for actuating the second-named shaft and through the medium thereof said cam, for the purpose set forth.

- JOHN T. H. PAUL. In presence of- A. U. THORIEN, J. H. LANDES. 

